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The Light Brigade 



A COMIC ENTERTAINMENT 
FOR LADIES 



BY 

MAYME RIDDLE BITNEY 

AUTHOR OF 

'Humorous Monologues," "Fun on the Podunk Limited" and 
il The Third Degree." 



CHICAGO 

T. S. DENISON, Publisher 

163 Randolph Street 



SEP 4 . 1908 



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THE LIGHT BRIGADE 



CHARACTERS. 

Grandma Light Deaf and Determined 

Ma Light Fat and Forlorn 

Lucindy Light Man-Struck Old Maid 

Lorinda Light Severe Suffragist 

Louisa Light Inclined to Invalidism 

Lucretia Light Eloquent Elocutionist 

Letitia Light' A Winning Widow 

Lena Light ) The Twins 

Lina Light J 

Lovey Light Baby of the Family 



Time of Playing — About Forty Minutes. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R. means right of the stage; C, center; R. C, right cen- 
ter; L., left, etc. The actor is supposed to be. facing the 
audience. 



COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY T. S. DENISON. 



3lOtfN 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 



COSTUMES. 

Grandma — Hair powdered very white, black lace cap, 
very plain black dress, white kerchief around neck, black 
lace mitts, a handbag in which are spectacles, a sandwich, 
a bag of bright-colored stick candy and a large white hand- 
kerchief. 

Ma — Must be made up to be as fat as possible. If pos- 
sible, wear quite a fussy silk dress of old style, a lot of 
jewelry, hair twisted and rolled back from face, a small 
bonnet with strings that tie under chin. Handbag with at 
least three handkerchiefs. 

Lucindy — Regulation old maid costume, corkscrew curls, 
very much-trimmed dress of bright colors and of old style. 
Carry a fan and lace-trimmed handkerchief. 

Lorinda — Very plain tailor suit and made up as mannish 
as possible. Carry long revolver in pocket of dress. 

Letitia — As showy and attractive as possible, with a very 
large flower-laden hat. 

Lucretia — A fancy white or light-colored party dress, 
suited to the stage, with a large bow in hair. 

Louisa — Made up as an invalid, with loose wrapper and 
a thin light-colored shawl around shoulders. 

Twins — Dressed as girls of about fifteen, with hair 
braided and tied with bows, dark colored dresses trimmed 
with light or some bright color. Made up to look as much 
alike as possible and hair, dresses, etc., just the same. 

Lovey — As small as possible, very short dress, quite fancy, 
bright stockings, slippers, wear glasses. Personate child 
about eight years old. At the last, before she speaks she 
goes off and pulls stockings just like those she has on her 
feet onto her arms and puts slippers on her hands, then 
comes on stage wearing a large cape or a shawl. Before 
taking her seat she puts this around her again. 






THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 



REMARKS. 

As costumes help greatly make them as effective as possi- 
ble. Ma Light should be very fat and preserve at all times 
a very sad and forlorn manner. Some of the girls should 
be tall and others short. Let each one strive to act her 
part during the entire performance. Lorinda should be 
stiff and severe in manner, Lucindy simpers and "puts on," 
Letitia giggles and is continually happy. Grandma sleeps 
most of the time, but once in a while makes a great effort 
to hear what is going on. Lovey "cuts up" and wiggles 
and makes fun., Louisa has eyes shut part of time, is lan- 
guid and does not pay attention to what is going on. Groans 
occasionally. Twins sit with arms around each other most 
of time and are continually wrapped up in each other. 
Lucretia should be affected and "stagey." Aim to "over-do" 
parts and put snap into them — do not allow things to drag. 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 



Scene : Across back of stage are placed ten chairs. The 
first one, at right side is for Ma Light and should be a large 
arm chair. The one nearest left of stage is for Louisa and 
should be a rocker with a lot of pillows. The next to 
Louisa's is for Grandma and should be a high-backed up- 
holstered chair with cushions. Room must be left back of 
cliairs for the Brigade to march and a space left so they can 
come down center of stage thus : 

As the curtain rises the members of the Light family 
stand at one side out of sight. Ma Light begins to talk, 
in a loud, shrill voice. 

Ma Light. Now, are we all ready? Lorindy, do 
straighten grandma's cap for her — it's all cocked to one side. 
Letitia, straighten your face — don't giggle on a sancty- 
monious occasion like this. Is my hair on straight? Ready 
to march now. Left foot first. Forward the Light Brigade. 
(Music, a march, begins and the line enters, single hie at 
left corner of back of stage, in the following order: Ma 
Light, Lorinda, Lucindy, Letitia, Lucretia, Lena, 
Lina, Lovey, Grandma, Louisa. Ma keeps time to music 
by bringing left foot dozvn hard, some walk with mincing 
steps, some with long steps, some slow', some fast, Grandma 
walks lame and Louisa zvalks with great effort as if half 
dead. The file passes across back of stage, then from right 
comer of back to left corner of front, across front and then 
in diagonal line from riglit comer front to left comer of 
back. At the right comer of front Louisa faitits and falls 
to the floor. The rest do not notice and march on as if 
nothing had happened. Pass from left corner of back across 

5 



6 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

to center of back of stage, then down center to the front. 
As the line comes down center to front Ma discovers Louisa 
at the right corner of front. She gives a scream and runs 
down to center of front then to right comer, the others 
following in various stages of excitement.) 

Lorinda. Oh, what a catastrophe ! 

Lovey {indifferently). Oh, this isn't much of anything 
— only a mere kittenastrophe ! 

Ma. Poor Louisa ! I was afraid she'd drop — being 
weakly. Get something to revive her. Lucindy, Lorinda, 
get camphor and water. (Lucindy, Lorinda and Lovey 
run from stage.) 

Grandma {weeping). Poor girl! She'll die some day. 

Lena. Yes, she's sure to die some day. 

Lina. For we must each one pass away. 

Ma. She'll be all right in a few minutes. {To audience) 
Don't git uneasy, friends. This won't hurt our perform- 
ance a bit. 

Enter Lucindy and Lorinda each with a bottle and 
Lovey with some water in a cup. 

Lucindy. Here's some campfire. {Holds bottle to 
Louisa's face.) 

Lovey. Here's some water. {Throws the water up and 
lets it fall in a shower over Louisa.) 

Ma. Oh, Lovey, what a bad girl you are ! Ill give you 
a punishment if you don't look out. 

Lovey. Well, if you do I won't take part in the perform- 
ance, so! 

Lorinda. Here's some consumption cure for Louisa. 

Ma. Consumption ! Who's got consumption, I want to 
know. There's no consumption here. 

Lorinda. Humph, consumption of valuable time, I 
should say ! (Louisa groans and sits up, all the rest take 
hold and assist her to her feet.) 

Ma. What is it, poor dear? One of your spells? 

Louisa {weakly). Oh-h-h-h-h, my mind went blank and 
my breath stopped coming and my heart stopped beating. 
I'm all right now. 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 7 

Ma. Then we'll perceed with our march. (They get in 
line up the right side of stage, Lina and Lena holding 
Louisa up and Lovey walking behind her trying to boost 
her along. Pass across back of stage and then along in 
front of chairs and sit. Music stops. Ma coming to center 
of stage and making a low bow.) Honorable ladies and gen- 
tlemen and everybody in this highly renowned and beautifer- 
ous audience, I bid you all welcome in the name of the Light 
Brigade, to the scrumptatious preformance we will now per- 
ceed to give for your eddyfication and eddycation. We are the 
Light Family! (Turns and zvaves hands at the rest who all 
stand up and make low bozvs. Louisa falls back in a faint 
into her chair after bozving.) We have been called the shin- 
ing Lights and I humbly hope we are all that and more. 
We call ourselves the Light Brigade because we are a com- 
pany, with me as boss. 

Lorinda (severely). I guess you don't boss me, ma. 
I'm old enough to do as I please. 

Lovey (jumping up, dancing a little jig). And so do I, 
or I'll know why ! 

Lena. She has to know the reason why. 

Lina. Or else she makes the fur to fly. 

Ma (reprovingly) . Girls, be still while I do my speechi- 
fying. Let it be all serene along the Potomac while I finish 
my addressibus. Friends, one and all, great and small, let 
me first interdooce myself. Ladies and gentlemen and 
everybody, I am Mrs. Lydia Light, the forlorn widder and 
mourning relict of Leander Light, who seven year ago sailed 
off into the great unknown, drifted silently through the 
shadowy portals, crossed the great divide, departed this 
mundane speer — in fact died! (sobs and weeps in her hand- 
kerchief.) 

Grandma. What is Liddy a cryin' for? 

Lovey (indifferently). 'Cause her husband's dead. 

Grandma. What about bed? Does she want to go to 
bed? 

Lovey (gets up, goes over to Grandma and yells). Not 
bed ! Dead ! Her husband is dead ! 



8 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Grandma. So is mine. Been dead for nineteen year. 
(Weeps.) 

Letitia (laughing). So is my husband dead. But I 
don't weep about it (laughs). 

Lorinda. I fail to see that it is a laughing matter to have 
your husband dead. 

Lucindy. So do I. (Simpers.) If I had a husband 
and he died I — I should die, too. 

Letitia. I wouldn't die too — I'd hustle around and get 
number two (laughs). 

Ma (zviping eyes and frowning at the girls). Who is 
making this speechibus, you or me ? Hain't you old enough 
to be still yet? (To audience.) As I was saying, my hus- 
band died (chokes up and wipes eyes) and left me to bring 
up this family of seven girls and one boy. My boy married 
Letitia here (points) and — and — it killed him. So now I've 
got one more girl and no boy. (Weeps.) 

Letitia (laughing) . Cheer up, Mother Light. Why not 
make the best of a good thing ? 

Ma (horrified) . Do you call it a good thing to lose your 
husband ? 

Letitia. Well, it's a good thing for him, isn't it? 
(Laughs.) 

Ma (sighing). Yes, he's better off, poor dear. (To 
audience.) To perceed and continuate with my discoursita- 
tion, I want to say that since my beloved Leander left his 
mourning Liddy to walk alone in this vale of tears, alone 
with my eight daughters— including Letitia, the wife of my 
departed son, and my aged mother commonly known as 
Grandma, I have tried to earn a modest competunce for us 
by traveling tip and down the country, over hill and down 
dale, giving illimitable preformances called the Light Brig- 
ade entertainments. Prehaps some of you here have heard 
tell of the Charge of the Light Brigade, but I will say the 
only charge we make is the charge at the door to get within 
the sacred precincts of this incom-pa-rar-able gathering. 
Sence I was left alone with my eight daughters — one of 
whom is a darter-in-law — my life is dark and dreary, like a 
cell. 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 9 

Lorinda. Oh, ma do not talk about cells. The folks 
will think you mean our entertainment is a sell. 

Ma. I guess they'll find out diffrunt 'fore we git through 
with 'em. (To audience.) To continuate and perceed and 
go on with my narratitive, I want to tell you my life is for- 
lorn. I'm all forlorn. If it warn't for my eight daughters 
— including a darter-in-law — and my mother, commonly 
called Grandma, I wouldn't have anything to live for. 
Though I am surrounded by Lights I still live in the dark- 
ness of widdered dejectation. I can do nothing but sigh — 
in fact my sighs — 

Lovey. Goodness gracious, ma, you don't need to men- 
tion your size — it speaks for itself and if folks don't hear it 
they'll sure see it. 

Lena. Our ma forlorn she sits and sighs and sighs. 

Lin a. And the more she sighs the greater grows her 
size. 

Lena. Till some day with great honor she will rise. 

Lin a. And as the fattest woman take the prize. 

Ma. You'll have to excuse Lena and Lina. They was 
born — 

Lovey. Oh, they was born at Bingen, at Bingen on the 
Rhine ! 

Ma (indignantly). They was not. They was born at 
Trenton, New Jersey. Moreover they was born with poetic 
temperments. They git insperations of poetry, and when 
the Muse moves 'em they has to speak in poetry. Oh, dear, 
I keep gittin' switched off the track of my addressibus all the 
while. As I have been trying to say, each one of us Lights 
takes some part in this preformance and my humble con- 
trarybution is a tender pome I wrote all unaided, unassisted, 
and all alone with only my feelin's to prompt me. The 
name of it is "A Widder All Forlorn." (She goes over to 
her chair, opens hand-bag, takes out three clean handker- 
chiefs and tucks an end of each in her belt, letting them 
hang, then comes to front and recites:) 

Alas, my husband he is gorn, 
And left me here, sad and forlorn ; 



10 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Now, like the wind among the corn, 
I sigh, "I wish I had not a bin born." 

(Weeps into one of the handkerchiefs theji wrings it out 
and hangs it back in her belt.) 

No joy in life I more can know, 
Like cattyracts my wet tears flow; 
I sigh at night and sigh at morn, 
Sence I'm a widder all forlorn. 

. (Weeps on another handkerchief as before.) 

Oh, I'm a mournin' mournin'-dove, 
For my Leander's gone above ; 
Yea, all my fun in life is gorn, 
And I'm a widder all forlorn. 

(Weeps copiously into third handkerchief, wrings it out 
and hangs it at her belt, then braces up, with great effort 
and continues'.) 

Friends and audience all, I will now interdooce to you 
Grandma Light, a Light whose flickering light will soon 
be extinguished. She has lived her three-score year and 
ten and some more, and though she is somewhat old and 
feeble she is still pretty tolerable smart. 

Lovey. Oh, Granny's all right except her ears don't 
work very well. 

Lena. Oh, Grandma she is old and thin, 

Lina. And soon her grave she'll enter in. 

Ma. I now take great joy in interdoocing to you the 
aged participater in this Brigade — Grandma Light. ( Turns 
with a flourish to Grandma and finds her fast asleep.) 

Lovey. Te-he-he-he-he-he, she's asleep ! (Pokes her in 
the ribs.) 

Ma (going over and shaking Grandma). Come, Grand- 
ma, come ! Wake up ! It's time to make your bow. 

Grandma (rubbing eyes). How? 

Ma. Bow ! Time to make your bow. 

Grandma. Plough? I can't plough. 

Ma. No — no. It is time — 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 11 

Grandma. Dime? I ain't got a dime. Didn't you take 
in any dimes at the door? 

Ma (yelling). It is time for you to get up and make 
your bow and speak your piece. 

Grandma. Oh, all right! (Gets up, comes to front, 
makes a lozu bow, then turns to Ma and says:) I don't want 
to speak a piece tonight. I guess I'll dance a little instead. 

Ma (horrified). Merciful sakes, grandma! The idea of 
dancing — and you a church member for thirty year ! 

Grandma. Well, I'm going to dance. I used to be a real 
good hand at it. (Lifts skirt at one side and puts foot out 
as if going to dance.) 

Ma. Grandma, don't you do it ! (She and Lorinda and 
Lucindy and Letitia all jump up, run to Grandma, take 
hold of her and keep her still.) 

Grandma. Guess I can jig if I want to! 

Lorinda. Why, you might drop dead if you danced — 
you have heart trouble. 

Ma. I'm afraid she's got a spell that's gone to her head. 

Lovey. Go it, Grandma, and give us a dance ! 

Letitia. I don't think it has gone to her head — it seems 
to have gone to her feet. (Grandma tries to dance. The 
others hold her. Ma screams.) 

Lena. Poor Grandma must be daffy complete, 

Lin a. For all her action has gone to her feet. 

Ma (speaking very loud). Come, now, speak your piece 
or the folks will go home. 

Grandma. All right, I spose I'll have to. 

Lovey. Don't be afraid, Grandma. Your age will pro- 
tect you. 

Grandma (speaks in a shrill, high, piping voice). 

■ Mary had a little — (she stops, deliberately opens 
her hand bag, gets out a handkerchief, bloics her nose long 
and loud, puts handkerchief back in bag, then begins again ) 

Mary had a little — (stops, rubs her eyes, opens 
her hand bag, gets out her glasses, puts them on, looks audi- 
ence over, then speaks) 



12 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Mary had a little beau, 
Who wore a necktie white as snow; 
And everywhere that Mary went, 
The little beau was sure to go. 

"What makes the beau love Mary so?" 
The wondering people cried; 
"Because she's got a lot of cash," 
The financier replied. 

He followed her to church one day, 
The preacher he was there, 
And straightway he did tie them up, 
And marry the fond pair. 

Months sped by and finally 
Mary had a little lamb; 
They named him for his papa, 
And called the baby Sam. 

(At the close Grandma makes a stiff bow. Ma and the 
girls, who stood back of her zvhile she spoke, beam upon 
her, pat her on the back and conduct her to her seat, where 
she goes to sleep again. All the others except Ma sit in 
their places.) 

Ma (coming forward). The next on our program is a 
song by poor Louisa. She has never been well. She's had 
these weakly spells ever sence she was a girl, but lately 
she's been worse, and instead of being weakly spells they 
have been daily ones. She is feeling so poorly now that 
we will wait and have her song later. (Louisa groans, 
Letitia and Lovey giggle, Grandma snores, Lucindy leans 
forward in her seat and gases intently at the audience, smil- 
ing and simpering.) 

Lorinda. Goodness sake, Lucindy, what are you looking 
at? 

Lucindy. Oh, te-he-he-he-he-he, there is a man down 
there who looks just like a fellow I used to go with in Mis- 
souri. He's watching- me as if he thinks I'm awful nice. 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 13 

Te-he-he-he-he-he-he ! (She waves her handkerchief and 
simpers.) 

Ma. And now the next on our performance will be a 
very line speechibus on "Wimmin's Rights," by our eddy- 
cated sufferigist, Lorinda Light. This addressitation always 
moves a audience very greatly. The governor of Minnesota 
said he'd never heard anything like it in his life. I now 
interdooce Miss Lorinda Light. 

Lorinda (coming forward and making low bow). Ladies 
and all females of this audience assembled — I don't care 
whether the men listen or not. (Speaks in a loud, deter- 
mined voice with many flourishing gestures.) I come not 
here to talk. You know too well the story of our thraldom — 
we are slaves ! Us wimmin should be given our rights. 
We are slaves to the tyrannical oppression, insiduous, can- 
tankerous man, who won't let us vote. The Lord created 
man and saw that he could be greatly improved upon, so 
He tried again, to get something better. The result, my 
friends, was woman, an improved product of the Creator, 
and she ought to be at the head of this universe and stand 
at the helm of the political. wheel. I tell you it is time for 
an arduous struggle. -Let us not bow to subjugation and 
submission. We have petitioned and remonstrated and 
supplicated for our rights. We have prostrated ourselves 
before the throne and implored the men to set us on the 
lofty pinneracle of power, where we should oughter be, but 
they have spurned us with contempt. If we wish, female 
women, to gain the inestimable privileges for which we 
have been contending — we must fight! (Pulls a revolver 
out of a pocket in her skirt and waves it.) I repeat it, we 
must fight ! They tell us we are weak — unable to cope with 
so formidable an adversary ; but when shall we be stronger ? 
Shall we gather strength by irresolution? Shall we acquire 
the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our 
backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope until our 
enemies, these flabbergasted, wily, merciless, rancorous, 
fraudulent, malevolent, malignant men shall have bound us 
hand and foot? Our chains are forged. Their clanking may 
be heard from Maine to California. War is inevitable and 



14 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

let it came ! ( Waves revolver. ) I repeat it : Let it come ! 
We must have our rights and be allowed to vote! Is life 
so dear as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? 
I know not what course others may take, but as for me 
give me th'e ballot or give me DEATH! {Waves revolver. 
Makes profound bow and returns to seat.) 

Ma {to Louisa, anxiously). Louisa, dear, don't you 
feel well enough to sing your song? 

Louisa {weakly). No, no, no-o-o-o-o ! 

Ma. Oh, just try to stand up and see if you can't sing, 
poor dear. 

Louisa. Oh, I shall faint if I try to stand up — I'm so 
weak. 

Lovey {very suddenly jumping up and screaming) . Oh, 
Louisa, there is a mouse under your chair ! 

Louisa {instantly screams, jumps up, runs rapidly around 
stage, jumps up and down and yells in a loud voice). Why 
don't you kill it ? 

Ma {running to Louisa). Oh, my poor dear, you'll kill 
yourself. 

Louisa. Never mind me — kill the mouse ! 

Lovey {laughing). Oh, there wasn't any mouse, but 
now you sing that song. 

Louisa {marching over and giving Lovey a sound slap). 
You little smarty! {To Ma.) I guess I can sing now. 

Ma. We will now continuate and perceed with our pro- 
gram and have a song by Louisa Light. Lucindy, Lorinda, 
Lucretia, Letitia, Lena, Lina and Lovey Light will help 
with the chorus. 

Louisa {some one plays and she sings to tune of "March- 
ing Through Georgia," begining in a strong voice that 
gradually grozvs weaker. She stands at center of stage and 
Lucindy, Lorinda, Lucretia, Letitia, Lena, Lina and 
Lovey stand in a semi-circle behind her to help zvith the 
chorus). 

A soldier of the Legion he lay dying in Algiers, 
There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of 
woman's tears ; 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 15 

A comrade stood beside him while his life blood ebbed 

away, 
And sadly bent for to hear what he would say. 

Chorus. (Girls helping.) 

The dying soldier took that comrade's hand, 
And said, "I'll never see my native land, 
Take a message to some friends, some distant friends of 
mine, 

For I was born — for I was bom — 

Lucindy (weepingly). For I was born. (Takes her seat, 
crying.) 

Louisa (weakly). For I was born. (Goes to seat, 
weeping.) 

Lorinda (weeping). For I was born. (Takes seat.) 
Letitia (sobbing). For I was born. (Takes seat.) 
Lucretia (zveeping). For I was born. (Takes seat.) 
Lena and Lina (crying). For we were born. (Take 
seats.) 

Lovey (zveeping). I 'spose I was born, too. (Takes seat.) 
(The eight of them sit sobbing and zveeping. Grandma 
zvakes up, looks at them in astonishment, then gets up, takes 
a package from her hand bag, goes along and gives each 
one a stick of bright colored candy. The girls all cheer up 
and eat the candy.) 

Ma (rising). Ladies, gentlemen and audience all, I am 
glad to say that among my dear children I have a noted 
elocutionist, who speaks pieces jest beautiful. She learnt 
it at the district school back in Indianny and took her fin- 
ishin' in Bosting. She will now speak for us one of the 
most wonderful selections you ever heerd. (Sits.) 

Lucindy (waving handkerchief at some one in audience. ) 
Oh, te-he-he-he-he-he-he, there's the sweetest man down 
there by the door who is just struck on me. Te-he-he-he-he- 
he-he ! I'm going down and get acquainted with him. (She 
jumps up. The others grab hold of her and make her sit 
dozvn.) 



16 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Lorinda. Shame on you to try to- break up our pro- 
gram. 

Lucindy (angrily). That is just the way you always 
spoil my chances. (Stands up and says simperingly.) I 
know not what course others may take, but as for me give 
me a husband or give me death. 

Lena. Of all sad words that we can't or can, 
Lina. The saddest are these : "She can't get a man." 
Lucretia (coming to center of stage). Ladies and gen- 
tlemen, the selection I shall give you is entitled "Hash." 
(She speaks with great power and elocutionary effort, with 
changes from slozv to fast, childish simplicity to tragical 
gusto, and with many striking gestures.) 

How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, 

Where the boy stood on the burning deck, 

Whence all but him had fled, 

And under the spreading chestnut tree 

They tucked me in my trundle bed. 

An hour passed on, the Turk awoke: 

That bright dream was his last ; 

He woke to hear his sentries shriek, 

Twinkle, twinkle little star, 

How I wonder what you are, 

Up above the riderless mule going homeward 

From the fight of Paso del Mar. 

Flashed all their sabers bare, 

Flashed as they turned in air, 

Where Maud Muller, on a summer's day, 

Raked the meadows sweet with hay ; 

While the Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, 

And over Barbara Fritchie's grave 

Flag of Freedom and Union wave. 

England's sun was slowly setting o'er 
My country 'tis of thee, 
When Leander swam the Hellespont, • 
'Neath the shade of the old apple tree; 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. * 17 

For I was born at Bingen, fair Bingen on the Rhine, 
In the old oaken bucket, the moss-covered bucket, 
The iron-bound bucket that hung in the well. 

Three fishers went sailing out into the west, 

Out into the west as — 

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, 

To get, blessings on thee, little man, 

Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ; 

For men may come and men may go — but 

We gazed though not a man could speak, 

With horror all aghast, 

In groups with pallid brow and cheek 

We watched — Little Jack Horner 

Stick in his thumb, 

And pull out a Christmas plum. 

Lives of great men all remind us 

John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, 

While young Lochinvar is come out of the west, 

And who shall dare to chide me for loving 

The old arm chair? 

Homeward then went Hiawatha, 

While the shades of night were falling fast, 

As through an Alpine village passed 

The wonderful one-hoss shay, 

That was built in such a logical way 

It ran way down upon the Swanee Ribber. 

Murmuring "Curfew must not ring tonight," 

For men must work and women must weep, 

Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. 

(Makes sweeping bozv and takes seat.) 

Ma (rising). You did speak that jest splendid, Lucretia. 
I think you say it better every time. When I hear how 
lovely my daughters do public things it almost makes me 
forget I'm a lone, forlorn widder with my Leander on 
high. 



18 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Lovey. Oh, say, ma, how do you know he's on high? 
Maybe he struck an elevator that was going the other way. 

Lucindy (jumping up and simpering). Oh, a man down 
there in the corner just threw me a kiss. Te-he-he-he-he- 
he-he ! 

Lucretia (pulling Lucindy back to seat). Well, you 
better sit still if you want it to hit you. 

Lena. Oh, sister thinks it would be bliss, 

Lina. To get hit by a nice man's kiss. 

Grandma. Say, aint it gitting most time to go home? 
I'm gitting sleepy. Guess I'll have a lunch. (Takes a sand- 
wich from hand bag and eats it.) 

Ma. I've been standing here a long time waiting for a 
chance to say something. I wish the rest of you would 
keep still. 

Lovey. Hush,- be still as any mouse ! 

Ma (to audience). The next number on our incom-pa- 
rar-able program is a instrumental solo by my dead son's 
wife, Letitia Light. She began to take lessons on the melo- 
dyon when she was nothing but a little girl and I guess 
she's had as many as fifty lessons all told. Some folks says 
she plays most as well as Padyroughsky. She can play 
"Old Black Joe" with varigations that most make you cry — 
it's so sort of lonesome like. I now interdooce Letitia Light, 
the merry widow musician. (Ma sits. Letitia goes to 
instrument and plays some dashing instrumental. Wher- 
ever there is a change in the music she puts in some simple 
piece; in one place "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater," played 
with one hand; in another place a monotonous five-finger 
exercise, etc. All the Lights keep time, in various ways, 
to the music as she plays. When she finishes she comes to 
center of stage, bows and takes her seat.) 

Lena. Oh, the way our sister Letitia can play, 

Lina. Drives all our cares and sorrows away. 

Ma (rising). I will now interdooce my oldest daughter, 
Lucindy. She aint never got married, Lucindy aint, though 
I don't say as that is her fault. 

Lucindy. Why, ma, you know I never have cared about 
the men. There's been oceans of them wanted me but I 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 19 

never wanted any of them. I think men are awfully dear 

but— 

Lovey. I guess they are always so dear she can't afford 

to buy one. 

Ma. Lucindy will now recitetate for you. (Sits.) 
Lucindy (fussing around and simpering, finally comes 

forward and bows, then gazes at sonic man in the audience, 

simpers at him and throws him a kiss. She simpers and 

puts on airs while speaking.) 

Oh, the lovers I have had, 

You'd never guess, I know ; 
There was Charlie back in Fargo, 

And Will in Chi-ca-go. 

There was Henry in Topeka, 

And Joseph in Eau Claire, 
And Peter from Toledo, 

Who had the bright red hair. 

There was Sammie in Detroit, 

And Horace from Duluth, 
Who loved me but was bashful 

And dared not speak the truth. 

There was Jack in Cincinnati 

And Fred in Kankakee, 
And though they all did love me 

I still am fancy free. 

There was Robert in St. Louis, 

And Walter in St. Paul- 
Yes, all of these have loved me, 

But I somehow lost them all. 

Yet some day a brave lover 

Whose eyes shall flash with pride, 

Will come to woo and win me, 

And make me his fond bride — te-he-he-hc-hc ! 

(She bows, then stands gazing at audience.) 



20 THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 

Lucretia. Why don't you come and sit down? What 
are you looking at? 

Lucindy. Oh, there's a man in the second seat with 
the loveliest eyes who looks just as if he wants me, te-he-he- 
he-he-he ! 

Lena. Our sister Lucindy, if she can and she can, 

Lina. Is trying her best to capture a man. (The Twins - 
go to front, take hold of Lucindy and take her to her seat.) 

Ma {rising). The time has come and arrived for me 
to interdooce my twinses, Lena and Lina. They are twins 
to one another, each a twin unto the other. What one does 
the other wants to do. If one sings the other does. If one 
speaks, the other does. I am real proud of 'em, being twins 
and such nice ones. They will now do their part. {Sits.) 

Lena and Lina {come forward and bow, keeping close 
together and doing just the same things. They first speak, 
Lena speaking a verse of one piece while at the same time 
Lina speaks a verse of a different one. Then they sing, 
Lena singing a verse of one song while Lena sings some- 
thing else at the same time. While singing they stand with 
their arms around each other. Then they bow and take 
seats.) 

Ma {rising). And now at last we come to the last one, 
the baby of the family, Lovey Light. She is a real nice 
child but she is a little spoiled, being the last of the lot. 
Now, Lovey, come speak your piece. (She looks over at 
Lovey' s chair, but it is vacant, Lovey having slipped from 
the stage while the Twins were speaking. Ma calls her 
several times.) 

Enter Lovey with a shawl around her to conceal the 
shoes and stockings she has on her arms. 

Lovey. Well, what do you want? I am ready to go 
home. 

Ma. Well, Lovey dear, just say your piece and then 
you can go. (The Twins hold a sheet up folded so that 
it reaches from Lovey' s shoulders down to the floor. She 
stands behind it and after she gets in place she drops the 
shawl to the floor. She speaks the verse and then at the 



THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 21 

refrain she crouches down behind the sheet and holds up 
her arms with the shoes and stockings on. She wiggles her 
hands and turns them from side to side. This gives the 
laughable appearance of standing on her head. Be sure to 
have a heavy enough sheet so the shadow will not show 
through.) 

LOVEY. 

When Ma gets cross or Lorinda scolds me, 

I kick up my heels as light as a flea, 

And stand on my head — just like this, you see. 

Refrain. 
Oh, I stand on my head, yes, stand on my head, 
Though Ma may object, I stand on my head. (Rises.) 

When Lucindy gets foolish, or Letitia gets gay, 
Or the twins have too much poetry to say, 
I relieve my feelings on my head just this way. 
Refrain. 

I am a very bad girl, so folks say, 
I don't like to work and I do like to play, 
And I think I'll perform in a circus some day. 
Refrain. 

(Lovey and Twins return to seats, then musician gives 
chord, all sit up very straight, at second chord all rise, at 
third they bow. Then sing the "Good Night'' round, Ma, 
Lorinda and Lucindy starting, then Letitia, Lucretia 
and the Twins taking second, and Grandma, Lovey and 
Louisa the third part. Then bow and march from stage or 
curtain falls.) 



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All A Mistake 

By W. C. PARKER. 
Price, 25 Gents 

Farce- comedy, 3 acts; 4 m., 4 f. Time, about 2 h. Scenes: Easy 
to set. Lawn at "Oak Farm" and drawing-room. Characters: 
Capt. Obadiah Skinner, a retired sea captain. Lieut. George Rich- 
mond, his nephew, who starts the trouble. Richard Hamilton, a 
country gentleman. Ferdinand Lighthead, who falls in love don- 
cherknow. Nellie Richmond, George's wife. Nellie Huntington, a 
friend. Nellie Skinner, antiquated but still looking for a man. 
Nellie Mclntyre, a servant. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Act I. — The arrival of George and his bride. A friend in need. 
The old maid and her secret. Ferdy in search of a wife. George's 
jealousy. The sudden appearance of a most undesirable party. 
George's quick wit prevents discovery. 

Act II. — The plot thickens. Cornelia in search of her "Romeo." 
The downfall of Ferdy. Richard attempts to try the "soothing 
system" on a lunatic. George has a scheme connected with a fire 
in the furnace and some pitch tar. Richard runs amuck amid gen- 
eral confusion. 

Act III. — The Captain arms himself with a butcher knife and 
plans revenge. Nellie hopelessly insane. The comedy duel. "Ro- 
meo" at last. "Only one Nellie in the world." The unraveling of 
a skein of mystery, and the finish of an exciting day, to find it was 
"All a Mistake." 

A Busy Liar 

By GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH. 
Price, 25 Cents 

Farce-comedy, 3 acts; 7 m., 4 f. Time, 2*4 h. Scenes: Easy to 
set, 1 exterior, 2 interiors. Characters: Simeon Meeker, who told 
one lie. Judge Quakely. Senator Carrollton. Macbeth, a hot-headed 
Scotchman. Dick, in a matrimonial tangle. William Trott, a re- 
cruit. Job Lotts, another one. Mrs. MacFarland, everybody's 
friend. Tennie, with a mind of her own. Janet, a Scotch lassie. 
Mrs. Early, a young widow. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Act I. — Off to the war. A paternal arrangement of marriage. 
Janet of the Macbeth clan. Some complications. Meeker and the 
Widow. A lapse from truth. Meeker made captain. "You are 
afraid to go." "Afraid? Never!" 

Act II. — In camp. Captain Meeker and strict discipline. The 
Widow, the Judge and the Senator court-martialed. The Widow 
wins. Another lie and more complications. An infuriated Scotch- 
man. "You held her in your arms." "She is my wife." 

Act III. — The ball. "Not military matters, but matrimony." 
"Another of Meeker's fairy stories." The Captain in kilts. "The 
funniest thing I ever saw." The Widow untangles a tangle of lies. 
A lass for every lad. Peace proclaimed. Meeker remains "at the 
base of supplies." 

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163 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



The Heiress of Hoetown 

By HARRY L. NEWTON AND JOHN PIERRE ROACH. 
Price, 25 Cents 

A rural comedy, 3 acts; 8 m., 4 f. Time, 2 h. Scenes: 2 ex- 
teriors. Characters: Jimmie Blake, a physical culturist. Jack 
Wright, a civil engineer. Ezra Stonyboy, the postmaster. Count 
Picard, waiting at the church. Corporal Cannon, a veteran. White 
Blackstone, dealer in titles. Congressman Drybottle, a power in 
politics. Doolittle Much, constable and proprietor of the village 
hack. Mary Darling, an heiress. Jane Stonyboy, with ideas. Tillie 
Tung, the village pest. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Act I. — Borrowing a screen door. Blackstone, a dealer in titles. 
Mary comes back home. Blackstone wants Jimmie to travel for his 
health. "One hundred thousand dollars as expense money." "No, 
I am going to a strawberry festival and that's worth more to me." 
The lost necklace. The proprietor of the village hack discovers 
something. "She's a fine gal, she is." 

Act II. — The Strawberry Festival. Blackstone schemes a quick 
marriage. A busy time for Doolittle Much. "Search that man, 
Constable!" The necklace is found on the wrong man. "Any man 
caught with no visible means of support can be arrested as a com- 
mon vag." The Count is "pinched." 

Act III. — The siege of Hoetown. The Count works out his fine 
on the highway. "Shark, you're a liar!" The financial panic and 
the loss of Mary's money. The Count and Blackstone get "cold 
feet" and hike for old Broadway. Mary loses her home. "Come 
on, kid, I've got carfare." 

Mirandy's Minstrels 

By SOPHIE HUTH PERKINS. 

Price, 25 Gents 

A Female Minstrel entertainment. A complete ladies' minstrel 
show, full of novel ideas for costumes, finale, etc. Contains new 
jokes, gags, cross-fires, monologues and stump speeches. Ending 
with a most laughable farce, "Mrs. Black's Pink Tea," for 10 
female characters, which is a gem of humor. Those that have 
"put on" female minstrels and know the difficulty of obtaining suit- 
able material, will be delighted with this book. It is highly humor- 
ous, yet refined enough for any audience. 

The Third Degree 

By MAYME RIDDLE BITNEY. 

Price, 25 Cents 

A female burlesque initiation; 12 f. and any number of members. 
Time, about 40 m. Scene: Any lodge room. Characters: Head 
Officer, Instructors, Assistants, Marshal, Doorkeepers, etc. It is 
unique, as it can be used as an initiation for any society or lodge or 
as an entertainment. Brim full of fun and action, yet not too bois- 
terous. Will please all women. 

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163 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



DENISON'S ACTING PLAYS. 

Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price Is (liven. 



FARCES AND SKETCHES. 

M. F. 

Assessor, sketch, 10 min 3 2 

April Fools, HO min 3 

Bad Job, 30 min 3 2 

Bardell vs. Pickwick, 25 min... 6 2 

Beautiful Forever, 30 min 2 2 

Betsy Baker, 45 min 2 2 

Blind Margaret, musical, 30 m. 3 3 

Borrowed Luncheon, 20 min... 5 

Borrovviug Trouble. 25 min — 3 5 

Box and Cox, 35 min 2 1 

Breezy Call, 25 min 2 1 

B"mble's Courtship, 18 min... 1 1 

Cabman No. 93, 40 min 2 2 

Christmas Ship, musical, 20 m. 4 3 

Cobbler, 10 min 1 

Convention of Papas, 25 min. .. 7 

Country Justice, 15 min 8 

Cow That Kicked Chicago, 20 

min 3 2 

Cut Off with a Shilling, 25 min. 2 1 

Deception, 30 min 3 2 

Desperate Situation, 25 min — 2 3 

Documentary Evidence, 25 min. 1 1 

Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min 5 3 

Fair Encounter, sketch, 20 min. 2 

Family Strike, 20 min 3 3 

First-Class Hotel, 20 min 4 

Freezing a Mother-in-Law, 45 

min 3 2 

Great Medical Dispensary, 30 

min 6 

Hans Von Smash, 30 min 4 3 

Hard Cider, temperance, 15 m.. 4 2 

Happy Pair, 25 min 1 1 

Homoeopathy, Irisb, 30 min.... 5 3 

1'llMay Awhile, 20 min 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, 25 min.. 3 2 

Initiating a Granger, 25 min... 8 

In the Wrong House, 20 min. . . 4 2 

Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min. . 3 3 

is the Editor in? 20 min 4 2 

John Smith, 30 min. 5 3 

Just My Luck, 20 min 4 3 

Kansas Immigrants, 20 min 5 1 

KJss in the Dark, 30 min 2 3 

Larkin's Love Letters, 50 min.. 3 2 

Lend MeFiveShillin^s, 40min. 5 2 

Limerick Boy, 30 min 5 2 

Little Black Devil, 10 min 2 1 

Love and Rain, sketch, 20 min. 1 1 

Lucky Sixpence, 30 min 4 2 

Lucy's Old Man, sketch, 15 m. 2 3 
Madame Princeton's Temple of 

Beauty, 20 min 6 

Mike Donovan, 15 min 1 3 

MisseB Beers, 25 min 3 3 

Mistake in Identity, 15 min... 2 

Model of a Wife, 25 min 3 2 

Mrs. Gamp's Tea, sketch, 15 m. 2 

My Jeremiah, 20 min 3 2 

My Lord in Livery, 45 min 4 3 

My Neighbor's Wife, 45 min 3 3 



m. r. 

My Turn Next, 50 min 4 3 

Narrow Escape, sketch, 15 m... 2 

Not at Home, 15 min 2 

Obstinate Family, 40 min 3 3 

On Guard, 25 min 4 2 

Only Cold Tea, 20 min 3 3 

Outwitting the Colonel, 25 m.. 3 2 

Patsy O' Wang, 35 min 4 3 

Pat the Apothecary, 35 min 6 2 

Persecuted Dutchman, 35 min. 6 3 

Pets of Society, 30 min 7 

Played and Lost, sketch, 15 m. 3 2 

Pull-Back, 20 min 6 

Quiet Family, 45 min 4 4 

Realmof Time, musical, 30 min. 8 15 

Regular Fix, 50 min..., 6 4 

Rejected, 40 min 5 3 

Rough Diamond, 40 rain 4 3 

Row in Kitchen and Politician's 

Breakfast, 2 monologues.. . 1 1 

Silent Woman, 25 min 2 1 

Slasher and Crasher, 1 hr. 15 m. 5 2 

Taming a Tiger, 20 min 3 

That Rascal Pat, 35 min 3 2 

To Oblige Benson, 45 min 3 2 

Too Much for One Head, 25 m.. 2 4 
Too Much of a Good Thing, 50 

min 3 6 

Treasure from Egypt, 45 min.. 4 1 

Trick Dollar, 30 min 4 3 

Turn Him Out, 50 min 3 3 

Twenty Minutes Under Um- 
brella, sketch, 20 min 1 1 

Two Bonnycastles, 45 min 3 3 

Two Ga\ Deceivers, 25 min 3 

Two Gents in a Fix, 20 min 2 

Two Ghosts in White. 25 min.. 8 

Two of a Kind, 40 min 2 3 

Two Puddifoots. 40 min 3 3 

Uncle Dick's Mistake. 20 min.. 3 2 

Very Pleasant Evening, 30 min 3 

Wanted: a Correspondent, 1 hr. 4 4 

Wanted: a Hero, 20 min 1 1 

Which Will He Marry? 3(> min. 2 8 

W r hite Caps (The).miisical,3om. o 8 

Who is W ho, 40 m in 3 2 

Who Told the Lie? 30 min,.... 5 H 

Wide Enough for Two. 50 min. 5 2 

Woman Hater (The), 30 min... 2 1 

Wonderful Letter, 25 min 4 1 

Wooing Under Difficulties, 35 

min 4 3 

Yankee Peddler, 1 hr 7 3 



The publisher believes that he can 
say truthfully that Denlson's list of 
plays is on the whole the best se- 
lected and most successful in the 
market. New Plays will he added 
from time to time. 

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